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The impact of family separation on child refugees in the UK
By Alexandra Pease - Immigration Barrister

The report WITHOUT MY FAMILY: The impact of family separation on child refugees in the UK was published on Monday 13  January 2020. A full copy of the report can be read: here. The report is published by...

 three organisations: Amnesty International UK, the Refugee Council and Save the Children. The research behind the report was commissioned in 2017-2018 and is based on a literature and legal review, interviews with...

What is “persecution” under the Refugee Convention?
By Caspar Latham - Legal Associate

In a previous post, we have looked at how the credibility of an asylum claim is assessed here. This post will look at what constitutes persecution for the purposes of the UN Refugee Convention 1951. In order...

 to fall within the definition of a refugee for the purposes of the Convention, a person must show a well founded fear of ‘persecution’ for reasons of race, religion, nationality, political opinion or...

Grounds of appeal after the Immigration Act 2014
By Robin Pickard - Legal Associate

The Immigration Act 2014 (“the 2014 Act”) made major changes to the immigration appeals landscape. The 2014 Act reduced the grounds of appeal by 13 (17 to four). This is important because it means that there...

 are now fewer circumstances in which the refusal of an immigration application can be challenged. The provisions in the 2014 Act were phased and came fully into force on 06 April 2015.  What is an...

Rights of appeal after the Immigration Act 2014
By Robin Pickard - Legal Associate

The Immigration Act 2014 (“the 2014 Act”) reduced the circumstances in which the refusal of an immigration application will give rise to a right of appeal. The explanatory notes to the 2014 Act state that the...

 Act was intended to restructure rights of appeal to the Immigration Tribunal. Previously, a right of appeal to the Immigration Tribunal existed against any of the 14 different immigration decisions listed...

BSB publishes Vulnerability Good Practice Guide (Immigration Clients) for Immigration Barristers
By Richmond Chambers -

Richmond Chambers has been working with the Bar Standards Board to help produce a user guide for barristers working with vulnerable adult immigration clients, released this week. The Vulnerability Good Practice Guide...

 aims to help barristers to identify, assess and manage client vulnerabilities in line with good practice. This guide was a response to the recommendations made by the BSB’s Immigration Thematic Review...

Asylum applicants can be returned to Italy under Dublin regime, says Court of Appeal
By Richmond Chambers -

In NA (Sudan) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2016] EWCA Civ 1060 (01 November 2016), the Court of Appeal had two appeals before it. The First Appellant was from Sudan and the Second Appellant...

 from Iran. Both had come to the UK via Italy and claimed asylum in the UK. The First Appellant had already claimed and been granted refugee status in Italy. The Second Appellant did not claim asylum in...

Common European Asylum System Reforms
By Richmond Chambers -

The European Commission has recently presented proposals to complete the reform of the Common European Asylum System.Contact our Immigration Barristers London

 The European Commission has recently presented proposals to complete the reform of the Common European Asylum System.Contact our Immigration Barristers London

Home Secretary Criticised for “Compassion Quota” in Asylum Policy
By Richmond Chambers -

Theresa May is facing criticism for her plans to introduce what many critics are calling a “compassion quota” which offers the bare minimum protection to the vast majority of refugees.Expert Immigration Barristers in London: Contact Us

 Theresa May is facing criticism for her plans to introduce what many critics are calling a “compassion quota” which offers the bare minimum protection to the vast majority of refugees.Expert Immigration Barristers in London: Contact Us

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